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Full Name
Rata Brass
Rank Last Held
Private
Forename(s)
Rata
Surname
Brass
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
16/313
Place of Birth
Ahipara, North Auckland, New Zealand
First Known Rank
Private
Occupation before Enlistment
Labourer
Next of Kin
Mere Paraihe (mother), Ahipara, Mangonui, New Zealand
Marital Status
Single
Enlistment Address
Ahipara, Mangonui, New Zealand
Military District
Auckland
Body on Embarkation
1st Maori Contingent
Embarkation Unit
A Company
Embarkation Date
14 February 1915
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
HMNZT 20
Vessel
Warrimoo
Destination
Suez, Egypt
Nominal Roll Number
Vol1
Page on Nominal Roll
74
Campaigns
  • Gallipoli
  • Egypt
Last Unit Served
Pioneer Battalion
Place of Death
New Zealand
Date of Death
2 February 1919
Year of Death
1919
Cemetery Name
urupa, Ngatotoiti (Ahipara Maori Cemetery), Wainui Road, off Kaitaia-Awaroa Road, west of Kaitatia, Far North
Archives NZ source
Military personnel file
NZETC
New Zealand Electronic Text Centre Topic Page
Sources Used
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org